Not Eating/ Eating Less While Shedding?

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- 05/21/2011 at 3:05 PM
  Sage
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  I feed my rabbit dry food twice a day and today when I went to feed him the second time there was still roughly half of the food left when normally there is none. He’s shedding right now, I’ve been brushing him several times a day. Is this normal?
- 05/21/2011 at 6:22 PM
  Juli
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  Well, normally you should only feed your rabbit once a day. You should feed her about 1/4 cup or even 1/3 cup or 1/2 cup. depending on her age, breed and size. I don’t think that the shedding has anything to do with it though.
- 05/21/2011 at 6:40 PM
  Sarita
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  What else do you feed her? How much pellets? Does she get unlimited hay?
- 05/21/2011 at 7:49 PM
  LoveChaCha
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  Some people feed their rabbits twice a day, but the portions cut up. I don’t see anything wrong with that, as long as your rabbit is getting the proper amount of pellets.
  
  Have you tried oat hay? It helps with pushing fur through the gut
- 05/21/2011 at 11:48 PM
  BinkyBunny
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  Ditto LoveChaCha — Feeding more than once a day is fine (as long as the appropriate portions are divided out). Hay his extremely important during this time. Your answers to Sarita’s questions will help us help you.
- 05/22/2011 at 1:16 PM
  Sage
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  He weighs 7 1/2 pounds so I feed him 1/4 cup in the morning and at night. He finally ate all his food last night but he hasn’t eaten anything all day today. He has unlimited hay. Also his droppings are smaller?
- 05/22/2011 at 1:22 PM
  Sage
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  Also I gave him some petromalt
- 05/22/2011 at 1:49 PM
  Tate
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  Have you fed him anything out of ordinary? My rabbit is sooooo sensitive to certain changes in diet. I gave him A LEAF of baby spinach yesterday and his poops were about 1/4 of the size they normally are! That’s all I could think of in regards to smaller poops. :\
  Also, do you know what brand pellets you’re giving to him?
- 05/23/2011 at 8:16 PM
  Sage
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  I gave him some raspberry leaves a week ago, I hope I didn’t cause this for him :/ . Purina high fiber
- 05/23/2011 at 8:17 PM
  Sage
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  He is eating now but still not as much and hasn’t been running around, just laying. He seems kind of grumpy
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